Sunday 10 July 2011
Review: Sadako Jaqueline Dommisse snuck me in to the first performance of her show Sadako, since I could not get a media ticket and it was sold out! Sadako was written by Peter Hayes, directed by Jaqueline with a cast ...

Sunday 10 July 2011
Review: Death of a Colonialist While it’s really difficult remembering everything I thought about the last three things I saw at the festival, I think I must try and write bout them; after all, that’s why I went in the ...

Sunday 10 July 2011
A ragged mix of media and artists dragged themselves to the Monument restaurant at 10am on this, the last day of an 11-day orgy of creativity, despair, love and loss, to hear who won the silver and gold ovation awards. ...

Saturday 9 July 2011
In amongst the brilliant theatre, scintillating jazz, robust conversations, late smoky nights and chance meetings, there is always one magic moment during festival that shines the brightest amongst a galaxy of stars. I found my magic moment last night in ...

Saturday 9 July 2011
Review: Sadako Sjoe! It is possible that had I seen Sadako during any other time of the year, after a day at the office dealing with hard news, for instance, I might , just might, have said the play was ...

Saturday 9 July 2011
Review: Kardiavale I loved this show, from the opening moment when Rob Murray puts his freak on with his Tom Waits growl to the lights going down on Liezl de Kock’s fluttering heart. The character of Oskar the despairing alcoholic ...

Friday 8 July 2011
The Fusion food okes from PE are back outside Princess Alice making wonderful seafood. And the Cape Town Edge production of theatre sports which has taken the place of the injured Trent Nightigale’s Nic show is apparently superb. A Grahamstown ...

Friday 8 July 2011
Every festival day another day in paradise? Oh yes, oh nooo. Urrrrr. Late night. Best handle on the polycephalic monster (yoh, did I just say many-headed?), oh effit, I need more effort this morning. So you lean a lot at ...

Friday 8 July 2011
Review: Sie Weiss Alles James Cairns and Taryn Bennet in a script written by James. It is no secret that I am head over heels with James Cairns as a performer. I won’t miss anything he does. (Dirt is one ...

Friday 8 July 2011
Review: Lovaffair Back in 2009, I was living – temporarily – in Germany. I craved theatre. Good theatre. A friend suggested taking me to see an adaptation of Jason and the Golden Fleece. The only catch? It was all in ...